When My Heart Finds Christmas


When My Heart Finds Christmas is American artist Harry Connick Jr.'s first Christmas album. Released in 1993, it is among the most popular holiday collections of the past three decades in the United States. Connick Jr composed four songs for the album: "When My Heart Finds Christmas", " Santa Claus", "The Blessed Dawn Of Christmas Day" and "I Pray On Christmas". The other songs are traditional Christmas songs and carols.
The album proved to be the best-selling holiday album in the U.S. of 1993, selling 748,000 copies that year according to Nielsen SoundScan.
In December 2005, the album was certified Triple Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipment of three million copies in the U.S. As of November 2014, When My Heart Finds Christmas is the twelfth best-selling holiday album in the U.S. since May 1991, having sold 3.15 million.

Track listing

  1. "Sleigh Ride" – 3:44
  2. "When My Heart Finds Christmas" – 4:32
  3. " Santa Claus" – 4:39
  4. "The Blessed Dawn Of Christmas Day" – 4:40
  5. "Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!" – 2:34
  6. "The Little Drummer Boy" – 3:41
  7. "Ave Maria" – 4:35
  8. "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" – 3:27
  9. "What Child Is This?" – 3:11
  10. "Christmas Dreaming" – 2:40
  11. "I Pray On Christmas" – 3:48
  12. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" – 2:31
  13. "O Holy Night" – 6:45
  14. "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" – 4:49

Personnel

Musicians

Studio

  • Tracey Freeman - Producer
  • Gregg Rubin - Engineer/ Mixer

Christmas TV Special

Connick's hour-long CBS-TV Christmas special—recorded live at the Pantages Theatre and featuring Carol Burnett and Aaron Neville—was available on home video in time for Christmas 1994. The Harry Connick Jr. Christmas Special VHS features a set list similar to the album's track list.

Set list